Mayor Brandon Johnson returned to WBEZ 91.5 on Friday to answer listener questions live on the morning talk show “In the Loop” with host Sasha-Ann Simons, defending his tax proposals and clarifying that the city of Chicago is not behind Cook County property tax increases.
The average residential property tax bill in Cook County increased 16.7%, with Black and Latino communities among the hardest hit, according to a Cook County Treasurer’s Office report this week.
“I don’t assess property,” Johnson said. “That’s not what I do; that’s not what the city does. The assessment is done by the Cook County assessor.”…